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77% of people with cancer are not active to recommended levels which reduces consequences of treatment, reduces comorbigiteis, reduces disease progression, decreases mortality

Imagine you have cancer and what would keep you from being more active, physical abilities are not as influential as you think, people have a huge knock to their confidence, feel depressed and vulnerable and frightened

Social support and social pressures are influential on behaviour, family is all about sit down and rest be safe, they fear injury or psychological damage

There is social stigma around cancer, around scars, and being self conscious, cancer is invisible for many people

For some types of cancer, finding a bathroom is a huge problem for getting enough activity, physical symptoms of cancer and surgery are problematic

People who were active planned it around treatment cycles, built things up slowly, didn’t get disheartened if they couldn’t do as much as they wanted

Need to reeducate via media – don’t take it easy if you’ve got cancer, get moving! Let people know exercise is safe. Created a ‘Get Active Feel Good’ pack for people and families

Creating a buzz around gender equality by Philly Desai and Nasir Nansir

Did one in London and one in Mumbai, brought in typical experts from India and Vietnam

What is the meaning of education? More blackboards? More books? More kids?

There was playtime, colouring, books just like a real classroom

Spoke to moms and kids, spoke about real concerns about attending schools, fear of violence and rape, conflicts with kids working schedule, teenage pregnancy, as well as their hopes and dreams

Sending kids to school is like setting them free

They wanted to activate the first day of school

Led to unicef campaign about the first day of school, first day of school means they are so grown up, one of the most important days of their lives, it’s on their way to their profession in life, it’s giving them a beautiful future, these are the first steps

Persia is helping 10 million children get a quality education. #FirstDayOfSchool

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